Sept 2.99: Light For The Light - "God's Grace"

"For by grace you have been saved through faith.
and this is not your own doing, it is the gift of God
-- not because of your own works, so no man should
boast about it."
-- Ephesians 2:8-9

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You may be decent. You may pay taxes and
kiss your kids and sleep with a clean conscience. 
But apart from Christ you aren't holy. 
So how can you go to heaven?

Only believe. Accept the work already done,
the work of Jesus on the cross.

Accept the goodness of Jesus Christ. 
Abandon your own works and accept His. 
Abandon your own decency and accept His. 
Stand before God in his name, not yours.

It's that easy? 
There was nothing easy about it all. 
The cross was heavy, the blood was real,
and the price was extravagant. 
It would have bankrupted you or me,
so He paid it for us. 

Call it simple. Call it a gift. 
But don't call it easy.

Call it what it is. 
Call it grace.

-- Max Lucado

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"But God's mercy is so abundant,
and his love for us is so great, 
that while we were spiritually dead in
our disobedience he brought us to life with Christ. 
It is by God's grace that you have been saved." 
-- Ephesians 2:4,5 (TEV)